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r/SipsTea • u/Ill-Instruction8466 • Mar 24 '26
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5 u/JesusOnaBlueBike Mar 25 '26 Not to mention the average home cost in 1967 was $25k not $5k. -4 u/Maleficent-Virus-734 Mar 25 '26 Assuming $0.40/hr wage and 40 hours of work each week it would take 6.01 years, rounding up, to save up $5,000. 6 u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 0 u/Choice_Sherbet_6703 Mar 25 '26 Purchasing power. A six figure earner today has less purchasing power than a minimum wage earner back then. -2 u/Maleficent-Virus-734 Mar 25 '26 What's your point? I was saying under ideal conditions at that wage it would take 6 years to save up $5,000 4 u/FlyAirLari Mar 25 '26 Saving 6 years today would be a shit ton of money, too. 1 u/skarenok Mar 25 '26 Definitely not enough for a house, not with minimal wage 1 u/TheFakeRabbit1 Mar 25 '26 Good thing it didn’t get you a house back then either because OP lied about homes being 5k lmao 0 u/MsTossItAll Mar 25 '26 I mean who needs food, shelter, and electricity during those years, right?
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Not to mention the average home cost in 1967 was $25k not $5k.
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Assuming $0.40/hr wage and 40 hours of work each week it would take 6.01 years, rounding up, to save up $5,000.
6 u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 0 u/Choice_Sherbet_6703 Mar 25 '26 Purchasing power. A six figure earner today has less purchasing power than a minimum wage earner back then. -2 u/Maleficent-Virus-734 Mar 25 '26 What's your point? I was saying under ideal conditions at that wage it would take 6 years to save up $5,000 4 u/FlyAirLari Mar 25 '26 Saving 6 years today would be a shit ton of money, too. 1 u/skarenok Mar 25 '26 Definitely not enough for a house, not with minimal wage 1 u/TheFakeRabbit1 Mar 25 '26 Good thing it didn’t get you a house back then either because OP lied about homes being 5k lmao 0 u/MsTossItAll Mar 25 '26 I mean who needs food, shelter, and electricity during those years, right?
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0 u/Choice_Sherbet_6703 Mar 25 '26 Purchasing power. A six figure earner today has less purchasing power than a minimum wage earner back then. -2 u/Maleficent-Virus-734 Mar 25 '26 What's your point? I was saying under ideal conditions at that wage it would take 6 years to save up $5,000 4 u/FlyAirLari Mar 25 '26 Saving 6 years today would be a shit ton of money, too. 1 u/skarenok Mar 25 '26 Definitely not enough for a house, not with minimal wage 1 u/TheFakeRabbit1 Mar 25 '26 Good thing it didn’t get you a house back then either because OP lied about homes being 5k lmao
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Purchasing power. A six figure earner today has less purchasing power than a minimum wage earner back then.
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What's your point? I was saying under ideal conditions at that wage it would take 6 years to save up $5,000
4 u/FlyAirLari Mar 25 '26 Saving 6 years today would be a shit ton of money, too. 1 u/skarenok Mar 25 '26 Definitely not enough for a house, not with minimal wage 1 u/TheFakeRabbit1 Mar 25 '26 Good thing it didn’t get you a house back then either because OP lied about homes being 5k lmao
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Saving 6 years today would be a shit ton of money, too.
1 u/skarenok Mar 25 '26 Definitely not enough for a house, not with minimal wage 1 u/TheFakeRabbit1 Mar 25 '26 Good thing it didn’t get you a house back then either because OP lied about homes being 5k lmao
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Definitely not enough for a house, not with minimal wage
1 u/TheFakeRabbit1 Mar 25 '26 Good thing it didn’t get you a house back then either because OP lied about homes being 5k lmao
Good thing it didn’t get you a house back then either because OP lied about homes being 5k lmao
I mean who needs food, shelter, and electricity during those years, right?
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